"Probang" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... probang Long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge at the end. It is introduced into the esophagus or larynx to remove foreign ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise
... living fish entering the mouth and occluding the air-passages. He has mentioned a case in which a large catfish jumped into the mouth of a Madras bheestie. An operation on the esophagus was immediately commenced, but abandoned, and an attempt made to push the fish down with a probang, which was, in a measure, successful. However, the patient gave a convulsive struggle, and, to all appearances, died. The trachea was immediately opened, and respiration was restored. During the course of the night the man vomited up ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould |
